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1919 in organized crime

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See also: 1918 in organized crime, other events of 1919, 1920 in organized crime and the list of 'years in organized crime'.

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Events

  • Cleveland Black Hand leader Rosario Borgio along with Paul Chiavaro, Vito Mezzano, and Lorenzo Biondo (Bionde) are convicted of the murder of several Akron police officers and executed.
  • Al Capone leaves New York, after an altercation with a member of the White Hand Gang, where he becomes a top lieutenant to Johnny Torrio.
  • Recently imprisoned criminal Joe Valachi encounters inmate and future mentor New York mobster Alessandro Vollero.
  • Salvatore Sabella becomes leader of the Philadelphia crime syndicate.
  • Frank Costello forms a novelty company which makes Kewpie dolls in punchboard games. By the following year Costello had made $80,000 which he used to become a bootlegger at the start of Prohibition.
  • July 29 - New York labor slugger Johnny Spanish is killed by three unidentified gunman possibly including rival gangster Nathan Kaplan.

    • Births

  • Jimmy Brown (James Failla), Gambino crime family Capo and labor union racketeer
  • Gennaro J. Angiulo "Jerry", former Patriarca crime family underboss
  • January 14 - Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister and mafia associate
  • April 21 - Licio Gelli, Italian mason and mafia associate

    • Deaths

  • Lorenzo Biondo (Bionde), Cleveland Black Hand member
  • Paul Chiavaro, Cleveland Black Hand member
  • Vito Mezzano, Cleveland Black Hand member
  • May 22 - Rosario Borgio, Cleveland Black Hand leader
  • July 29 - Johnny Spanish, Five Points Gang member and labor racketeer

    • References

    1919 in organized crime Wikipedia
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